Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Churches of the Future

Posted on Friday, 5 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We live at a time when nearly all the churches around us are closing down and are being left to rot. The less historical of these buildings, mostly left to us from the Victorian era, are occasionally given or sold … Continue reading →

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Pearls of Wisdom

Posted on Wednesday, 3 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Lest I should be seen to be the old square liturgy buff I am, I would like to share some quotes from Pope Francis in Few Surprises. Francis Is Just That Way. I confess that in general, through the fault … Continue reading →

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Holy Week Rites

Posted on Wednesday, 3 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pontifical Mass at Notre-Dame de Paris in 1705 Preference for the pre-1955 Holy Week rites in the Roman Catholic Church is still a relatively marginal question. I have two friends in England who are particularly interested in the question and … Continue reading →

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April Fools Jokes

Posted on Monday, 1 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I haven’t told any and they don’t really correspond with my sense of fun. The April Fools Joke has to have some measure of credibility to it, to have people going for a while. Here in France, they call an … Continue reading →

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One is better off with who in charge?

Posted on Monday, 1 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not that it matters to me personally, but I am observing comments of both traditionalists and progressives about the latest news from Rome. Surely many will shun off such concerns as those of mentally unstable people or at least having … Continue reading →

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Resurrexi

Posted on Saturday, 30 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia : posuisti super me manum tuam, alleluia : mirabilis facta est scientia tua, alleluia, alleluia. * * * Happy Easter, everyone!

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Evangelical Catholicism Revisited

Posted on Saturday, 30 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A few days ago, I had my rant (Evangelical Catholicism and New Evangelism) about the kind of Christian evangelism that resembles modern business and marketing methods. Everywhere we turn, we find advertising (Wikipedia article that equates advertising as a kind of … Continue reading →

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Sepulto Domino

Posted on Friday, 29 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Easter Sepulcre * * * Estimatus sum  cum descendentibus in lacum. Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber. ℣. Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis et in umbra mortis. ℟. Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, … Continue reading →

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Maundy Thursday Mass

Posted on Thursday, 28 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Secular life is often parsimonious with the liturgy during the week. Here in France, school holidays no longer correspond with Easter but fixed dates in the spring time according to the region. Necessity brought me to celebrate the Maundy Thursday … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Catholicism and New Evangelism

Posted on Thursday, 28 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m someone who likes to use words well, and being a translator, I have developed a sense for using language accurately and rationally. Words sometimes conventionally have emotional meanings that can seriously mislead – but are a part of our … Continue reading →

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